Lantern holder for miners&#39; caps



April 15 1924.

1,490,831 T. R. JONES LANTERN HOLDER FOR MINERS CAPS Filed April 7 1921" WasE-M- Patented Apr. 15, 1924. r

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LANTERN HOLDER FOR MINERS CAPS.

Application filed April 7, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at lViIkesBarre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern Holders for Miners Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lantern holders for miners caps, the improvements being particularly applicable to holders of the kind in which the holder is made of sheet metal or metal stiffened by hard fibre or equivalent material, and in which the top piece projects rearwardly from the upright front piece and is provided with an eye for receiving the lantern hook and a slot in advance of the eye, for preventing lateral swinging of the lamp.

The present improvements relate to means for preventing free upward movement of the lamp, relatively to the holder, such as sometimes occurs with lantern holders as at presentconstructed. when the miner moves or throws his head suddenly upward while at work. Such movements of the head cause the lamp to bounce upward and downward, with respect to the holder, and occasionally the lamp hook is thrown out of the eye in the top piece.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view of a lantern holder, partly broken away to show my improvements, a lamp being shown attached to the holder, and a cap being indicated in part in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the upper part of the holder, looking upwardly, and showing the pocket on the under side of the top piece; and,

Fig. 3 is a top perspective view of the piece of yielding or resilient material which fits into the pocket and friotionally engages 4 the lamp hook.

Referring to the drawing, A indicates a lantern holder comprising a base piece 1, adapted for attachment to the visor of a cap, an upright front piece 2, and a top piece 3, which projects rearwardly from the front piece and is provided with an eye 4: at the rear of the front piece. The front and top pieces are connected by a bead 5, which has a central vertical slot 6, adapted to be engaged by the shank of the lamp hook when the lamp B is upon the holder,

Serial No. 459,435.

as shown in Fig. 1. The lamp is attached to the holder by inserting the free end of the hook 7 through the eye in the top piece, and the shank of the hook then rests in the slot 6, as shown, and the walls of the slot prevent lateral swinging of the lamp.

The features thus far described are old in the art and well known. In order to prevent accidental upward movement of the lamp relative to the holder, I secure, preferably to the underside of the top piece, a sheet metal plate 8, having a depressed portion 9 in the bottom of which is a perforation 10, which is in substantial alinement with the eye 4 in the top piece. Within the pocket 9 is arranged a piece of resilient or yieldable material 11, which closely conforms to the shape of the pocket and has a perforation 12 which alines with the eye 4 and perforation 10. The perforation in the yieldable material is of slightly smaller diameter than the perforations in the metal parts so that when the free end of the lamp hook is inserted through the openings in the top piece, yieldable material and pocket, said material will frictionally grip the hook and prevent accidental upward and downward movement of the hook and lamp with respect to the holder. As the yieldable material is held between the pocket and the top piece itcannot become displaced. This yieldable material preferably consists of rubber, although other substances may be employed. While the pocket and the piece of vieldable material are shown of substantially hemispherical shape, the form of this material and the pocket may be varied, as desired. The plate 8, in addition to its function of supporting the pocket, serves as a stiifening means for the top piece of the holder.

What I claim is:

1. A miners lantern holder comprising a front piece and a rearwardly projecting top piece, the latter having an eye to receive a lantern hook, and a piece of yieldable material secured against the under side of the top piece and having an eye registering with the eye in the top piece and adapted to frice tionally engage the hook.

2. A miners lantern holder comprising a front piece and a rearwardly projecting top piece, a part secured to the top piece and forming therewith an enclosed pocket, and a piece of yielding material in said pocket,

said top piece, part and yielding material having alined perforations for receiving a lantern hook.

3. A miners lantern holder comprising a 5 front piece and a rearwardly projecting top piece, a sheet metal part secured to the lower side of the top piece and having a. depression, forming a pocket, and yielding material in said pocket, said top piece, pocket and yielding material having perforations 10 for receiving a lamp hook.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS R. JONES. 

